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For 2018 Savage Arms decided to shake things up a bit by revamping many of the models in the 110-series and reverting the nomenclature back to what it originally was in the late 1950's and early 1960's with all updated models having the designation of Model 110. Naturally this change is creating some confusion among the Savage faithful as
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We know you have been waiting for this article here at Savage Shooters, a review of the newest rifle from Savage Arms and a major departure from their usual bolt-action barrel nutted based offerings. For that reason we took our time and really put the MSR15 Patrol model through its paces and made sure the rifle performed to the standard we expect from Savage. We were not disappointed. Savage's MSR15 Patrol AR-pattern
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In an era where the current trends for rifles include heavy barrels and a CNC machined aluminum chassis for long-range shooting, itís hard to imagine a company giving much thought to a compact, lightweight hunting rifle - but thatís exactly what Savage has done with the Lightweight Hunter models. The Model 11/111 Lightweight Hunter model was first introduced in 2011 in chrome-moly steel with a matte blued finish and lightened American Black Walnut stock. Last year (2016) Savage expanded their line of
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In 2010 Savage Arms introduced the Model 110 BA, their first centerfire rifle to feature an aluminum chassis. While innovative at the time, the chassis used on the 110 BA and its siblings (the 10 BA, 110 BAS-K and 110 BAT/S-K) was bulky and heavy resulting in a rifle that weighed as much as 18-pounds sans optic. Recognizing this, the development team at Savage
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Scout rifles were first defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper back in the early 1980ís as a new class of general-purpose rifles. Such rifles are based around a bolt-action rifle chambered in .308 Winchester (7.62x51mm), are less than a meter in length, weigh less than three kilograms (6.6-lbs), come with iron sights, are fitted with a practical sling (such as Ching slings) for shooting and carrying, and are capable of hitting a human size targets out to 450 meters
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Let's face it, the vast majority of rifle owners out there are hunters, and as hunters they typically only pull their rifles out of the closet or gun safe for a few weeks a year for hunting season. Each fall they dig it out of the back corner of the safe, blow the dust off, search through their stockpile of ammunition for that half a box of rounds they had left over from the previous year, and they head out to the range. They take a few shots to verify it's zeroed or to re-zero and then they're done and satisfied
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